Automotive fuel filler pipe housing with snap-over trim ring

摘要

A fuel filler pipe housing (10) mountable on automotive body panels (20). The housing (10) includes generally a flange member (30) coupled to a body member (50) mountable on a surface of the body panel (20), and a trim member (40) coupled to the flange member (30) by a hinge (60). The trim member (40) is movable relative to the flange member (30) between a first position where the trim member (40) is disposed away from a surface (22) of body panel (20) and a second position where the trim member (40) is disposed toward the surface (22) of the body panel (20), whereby the trim member (40) is biased in one of the first and second positions. The housing (10) may be installed on the body panel (20) with the trim member (40) positioned away therefrom prior to applying paint thereto, whereafter the trim member (40) is positioned toward the body panel (20). IMAGE